HD 215456

HD 215456
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation	Grus
Right ascension	22^h 46^m 08.03550^s ^[1]
Declination	−48° 58′ 43.7580″ ^[1]
Spectral type	G0.5V ^[1]

HD 215456 is a star in the constellation Grus. With an apparent magnitude of 6.63, it is actually a yellow sunlike star located around 124 light-years distant from Earth.^[1] It has two planets that are around 32 and 76 times as massive as the earth that have periods of just under 192 and 2226 days respectively. These were detected by the HARPS survey in 2011.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 SIMBAD, LTT 9179 -- High proper-motion Star (accessed 20 January 2014)
↑ Mayor, M.; et al. (2011). "The HARPS Search for Southern Extra-solar Planets XXXIV. Occurrence, Mass Distribution and Orbital Properties of Super-Earths and Neptune-mass Planets". arXiv:1109.2497 [astro-ph.EP].

Stars of Grus

Bayer	α (Alnair) β γ (Al Dhanab) δ¹ δ² ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ¹ μ² ν ξ ο π¹ π² ρ σ¹ σ² τ¹ τ² τ³ υ φ

Variable	S U W RS RZ BC BP BZ CE DL DQ

HR	8236 8241 8299 8323 8366 8379 8440 8477 8484 8501 8635 8639 8657 8658 8659 8685 8713 8749 8760 8771 8791 8793 8814 8835 8846 8847 8877 8896 8898

HD	208487 213240 215456

Gliese	Gliese 832 GJ 4248

Other	WASP-95 WISE 2220−3628 PSR J2144-3933

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